1 . 24 . 2015   A studio painting from photographs and sketches...  Tried lots of 'glazing over' in this painting which seemed to almost move the foliage towards more opaqueness.  Sometimes I'll use gouache in some areas of a painting, but not in this one.... just watercolor.

There is a bit of variation from this preliminary sketch........

         A studio painting from photo references and sketches... 7" x 9" in a 3 1/2" off-white mat.

I've painted several paintings from this location, however this one was painted in my studio from photo references and past sketches...  This one is very similar to one I posted back in November... but, I wanted to tone down the colors a little more...Also, this painting has a little bit more pencil work showing.  It's a 8" x 8" in a 3 1/2" off-white mat.  One final note:  In the last few paintings I've done that have mountain rocks, I've attempted to cool the color down even more by adding a glaze of Verditer Blue once painting is dry.  Verditer Blue is made by Holbein.

Painted, using Derivan Liquid Pencil and watercolor on 300# rough Arches' paper.  The liquid pencil was used to render the dark pine trees...

1 . 6 . 2015 ... Watercolor  8" x 8" in a 3 1/2" off-white mat.   Final painting from photographs and sketches taken this summer....   "Ridge Pines #2"



"I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream"  ...Vincent Van Gogh